them, and they would be paired up with a high-powered woman in the administration, valerie jarrett was a mentor. chris comerford was a first in the executive chef at the white house who laura bush appointee, she was a mentor. they would meet with these kids all the time but they would come together once a month in the white house. it was interesting to see their transformation when the first start, they were shy, they could look me in the eye. they were just nervous because it was nerve-racking. you're in the white house, your meeting michelle obama and why would you pick and you are wondering. we would spend time talking and eating popcorn and we'll talk with everything, and by the time to complete are usually two years with us, by their graduation ceremony when the parents would, they felt, it was just a shift in who they thought they were. .. and you are worth being talked to, being listened to and after a while they owned the place. they didn't even notice me. oh yeah mom, that's michelle obama, where old friends now. let me show you the blue room. my belief to them was if you can walk into the wh